Window frame and sash.



No. 718,975. PATENTED JAN, 27, 1903.

R. B. BROWNE. WINDOW PRAME AND SASH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28. 1902. NO MODEL.

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RICHARD BEASLEY BROWNE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO RIOHEY,BROWNE dz DONALD, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NIIW YORK.

WlNDOVV FRAME AND SASH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,975, dated January27, 1903.

Application filed March 26,1902.

T aZZ whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD BEAsLEY BROWNE, of Brooklyn, county ofKings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Window Frames and Sashes; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full and clear description thereof.

My invention relates to windows and window-sashes.

The object of my improvements is to provide a fireproof window and sashof metal or of a combination of metal and composition, which admit ofeasy operation and which effectually exclude rain, snow, or dust.

For these purposes my invention consists in the following constructionand combination of parts, the details of which will first be fully setforth and the patentable features hereinafter clearly pointed out in theclaims.

Figure l is a front elevation of a window and sash to whichI haveapplied my improvements. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof. Fig. 3is a vertical section through Fig. 1. Fig. at is a detail elevation andpartial section of an upper and lower corner of the sash and frame. Fig.is a transverse section through the sill.

1 represents the Window-sill, preferably of cast or wrought metal. It isprovided with a weather-rib 2, an outwardly-slanting ledge 3, and apivot-plate pocket or recess 4E.

The window-frame, with the exception of the sill, is made of struck-upsheet metal preferably filled with a fireproof composition composed ofany known material suitable for the purpose. The window sash itself isconstructed in the same general way. The upright parts of thewindow-frame 5 and 6 are constructed as shown in cross-sectionin Fig. 2.The upright 5 differs from the upright 6 slightly in design, the latterbeing curved along its outer edge in such manner as to provide aflange-plate 7, bolted or otherwise secured to the wall of the building.The metallic beadwork 8 and 9 differ mainly in that the bead S issecured to the upright 5 solely, while the head 9 is secured both to theupright and to the wall of the building. Bead 9 has a flangedextension-plate 10, and the Serial No. 100,056. (No model.)

fastening for the same is common to the fastening for the upright, bywhich the upright is secured in place. Thus the uprights 5 and 6 and theheads 8 and 9 are modifications of each other, any one or all of which Imay employ. The uprights 5 and 6 are distinguished,preferably,b y acurved recess for the reception of the window-sash, which the latterdoes not closely fit,and within which recess is placed a resilientpacking or weather-strip 11, preferably of rubber tubing, secured to theuprights of the frame, and which acts to make the vertical jointsweatherproof. The top or horizontal part 12 of the frame is preferablyprovided with a curved ample recess 14, corresponding to the recess 13in the uprights 5 and 6, within which is similarly secured aweatherstrip 11.

The sashes are preferably of the horizontal swinging variety, although Imay use other means for operating the sash. In the present instance Ihave provided the sill and top with pivots, upon which the sash may beswung.

15 is a pivot-plate, provided with a pivot 16, carried in a pocket orrecess nformed in the sill and secured thereto by suitable fastenings,such as screws 18. Imay usea similar construction for the upper pivots,if desired.

The lower bars 19 of thesash are provided with a recess 20 to receive aflexible packing 21, and the outer faces of the bars 19 are providedwith projecting lips 22, extending over the weather-rib 2 of the sillwhen the sash is closed for the purpose of excluding the elements. Thesill l is preferably crowned at the point 23, whereby when the sash isclosed the packing may move up along the inner incline of the sill andembrace the crown 23 in a weather-tight joint.

The inner meeting vertical bars 24 and 25 of the sash are flanged at 26,and overlapping weather-plates 27 are respectively secured thereto,whereby when the sash is closed the plates 27 overlap the joint uponboth sides. The flanged portions 26 are received within the recessprovided between the bars 24 and 25, and flexible overlappingweather-strips 28 project from each bar in such position that they liein close contact with each other when the sash is closed. The Verticalsash-bars 24: and 25 have central vertical slots 29 extend.- ing throughthem, through which the glass 30 is inserted into the grooves of boththe horizontal and vertical bars of the sash. The panes are securedtherein weather-tight by flexible packing-strips 31.

2 represents follower-strips inserted into the slots 29 for the purposeof securing the glass 30 firmly in place by means of suitable fasteningsfor the follower-strips, and these strips 32 carry the overlappingweatherstrips 28.

Any suitable latch, such as 33, serves to lock the sash in a closedposition.

My invention is distinguished as a combination which acts to compressthe packing or weather strips in closing. The whole construction isstruck up from sheet metal and filled with a plastic hardeningfireproofing composition, with the exception of the lower sill, and thatmay be similarly treated, if desired. A characteristic of the inventionis a practically entire absence of angles or a close fitting of theoperative parts between the window frame and sash, where they coact, andthe substitution of ample recesses made weatherproof by compressiblepacking, thereby avoiding any tendency of the parts to jam or stick.

While I have shown my invention in connection with a horizontal-swingingsash, yet I do not confine myself thereto. 1 may adapt the invention tovertical-swinging sash or to sliding sash or to the combination ofswinging and sliding sash Neither do I confine myself to the details ofconstruction herein set forth-such, for instance, as the fastenings orangles at the coacting points of the window frame and sash.

For the purpose of strengthening the frame at the angles I preferablyinsert at those points knees 34 and 35, which, besides strengthening theangles, provide suitable sockets and bearings for the pivot-pins 16. Theknees are placed within the hollow metal frame. The lower pivot-pin 16,as has been stated, is carried by a pivot-plate 15.

In setting the sashes into the frame they are generally held at rightangles thereto and the top pivot inserted first. The pivot 16 and itsplate 15 are then inserted into the bottom of the sash and both aremoved by a sliding movement into place, the pivot-plate going into thepivot pocket or recess 4, after which the pivot-plate is fastened by anysuitable means, such as screws. The shape of the knees 34 and 35 incross-secti0n conform to the general outline of the section of the sashor frame in which they are placed. The pivots 16 are preferably screwedinto corresponding screw-sockets formed in the knees.

The sill 1 is formed with projections 17 at either end, Which projectupwardly into the interior of the vertical frame 5 and 6 and constitutea firm point of union between the sill and the frame, especially whenthe latter is filled with a plastic hardening material.

What I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a window, the combination of a hollow metallic frame andknee-pieces inserted within the frame at the angles, said knee-piecesbeing provided with pivotal bearings.

2. In awindow, the combination of a hollow metallic frame, knee-piecesloosely inserted within the frame at the angles, and a plasticcomposition within the walls of the frame filling the intersticesbetween the knees and the frame.

3. In a window, the combination of a hollow metallic frame a sash havingan outer hori zontal projection upon its lower rail, a sill at thebottom of the frame having a narrow weather-rib extending up under saidhorizontal projection, said horizontal projection being wholly above theupper edge of said rib.

4. In a horizontally-swinging window, the combination of a hollowmetallic frame, a sill at the base thereof, a narrow weather-rib uponthe sill extending above the bottom edge of the lower rail of thewindow-sash, and a plastic composition within the frame.

5. In a window, the combination of a sill having a vertical portionthereon and a bottom pivot-plate therein.

6. In a window-frame, the combination of a frame portion of struck-upmetal, a separate head portion in contact with the building, and afastening means common to the building,the frame, and the head portion.

7. In a Window, the combination of a sill provided with a longitudinalrib and a sash portion having longitudinal projections upon both sidesof the rib and parallel therewith, the inner projection being lower thanthe upper edge of the rib and the outer projection being higher thansaid edge.

8. In a window, the combination of a hollow metallic sash having a kneeportion therein provided with a pivotal bearing.

9. In a window, the combination of adjacent frame and sash members, theframe member having a curved longitudinal recess and the sash memberhaving a complementary curved projecting part corresponding thereto anda flexible packing interposed between the said projection and saidrecess.

10. In a window, the combination of a sill having an intermediatelongitudinally-disposed crown and downwardly-slanting top faces uponboth sides thereof, of a sash member having a longitudinal recess and aflexible packing therein adapted to rest over said crown when the sashis closed.

11. In a window, the combination of a sash, one side stile of which hasa slot extending vertically through both sides of the same and afollower-plate adapted to be inserted in said slot and secured thereto.

12. In a Window, a sash, one side stile of which is provided with a slotthrough the same, in combination with a follower-plate having aresilient projecting strip adapted to be inserted within the said slot.

13. In a window, a sash, one side stile of which is provided with a slotthrough the same, in combination with a follower-plate having aresilient projecting strip adapted to be inserted within the said slot,and a weatherplate secured to the slotted frame and projecting beyondthe outer face thereof.

14. In a window, a frame portion of struckup metal having a slotprojecting vertically through the same, and having contiguous flangedportions projecting beyond the outer face of the same, in combinationwith a weather-strip seen red next to said flanges and means for unitingthe weather-plate and said flanges.

15. In a window, the combination of a hollow metallic frame, a kneeportion therein provided with a bearing for a pivot, a hollow metallicsash having a knee portion therein also provided with a bearing for apivot.

16. In a window, the combination of a hollow metallic frame, and a kneeportion having substantially the contour of said frame inserted thereinat an angular portion of the frame, said knee portion being providedwith a pivotal bearing.

17. In a window, the combination of a sill having a pocket therein, apivot-plate carried in said pocket having a bearing thereon andfastening means connecting the sill with the pivot-plate.

18. In a window, the combination of swing ing sashes havingweather-plates secured to each sash upon opposite sides, a recess insaid sashes adjacent to each other, follower-plates in said recess, andprojecting flexible packing-strips secured to said follower-plates.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

RICHARD BEASLEY BROWNE.

Witnesses:

MAURICE A. OONNELL, LEOPOLD BLooH.

